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John Beatty
Researcher at University of British Columbia
Publications - 52
Citations - 2606
John Beatty is an academic researcher from University of British Columbia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Philosophy of biology & Natural selection. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 52 publications receiving 2448 citations. Previous affiliations of John Beatty include Harvard University & University of Minnesota.
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The Empire of Chance: How Probability Changed Science and Everyday Life
Gerd Gigerenzer,Zeno G. Swijtink,Theodore M. Porter,Lorraine Daston,John Beatty,Lorenz Krüger +5 more
TL;DR: This paper presents a probabilistic revolution in physics through the lens of inference, arguing that numbers rule the world and Chance and life: controversies in modern biology is a major controversy.
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The Propensity Interpretation of Fitness
Susan K. Mills,John Beatty +1 more
TL;DR: A propensity interpretation of fitness is provided, which is argued captures the intended reference of this term as it is used by evolutionary theorists, and a definition of natural selection is provided which handles all the types of selection discussed by biologists, thus improving on extant definitions.
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Chance and Natural Selection
TL;DR: It is argued that what is going on here is not, as might appear at first sight, just another dispute about the desirability of "stochastic" vs. "deterministic" theories, but rather the variety of positions taken by evolutionists with respect to the evolutionary importance of random drift vs. natural selection.
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Optimal-Design Models and the Strategy of Model Building in Evolutionary Biology
TL;DR: As will be argued, optimality models are central to evolutionary thought, yet they are not readily accomodated by the traditional view of scientific theories, and the semantic view of theories is more sensitive to the nature and limitations of Optimality models than is the more traditional view.